Australia - Latest Update on Bush Fires - CNN/BBC News Videos

Arsonists who started some of the bushfires in Australia that have killed 170 people are guilty of mass murder, the prime minister says.  As the scale of the disaster Australia’s bush fires have caused becomes clear, tragic stories of individuals caught in the flames are beginning to emerge.

The prime minister, Kevin Rudd, announced a $10m (£4.5m) emergency relief fund and said: “Hell in all its fury has visited the good people of Victoria … many good people now lie dead.”

Speaking about the fears that arson could have played a part, he said: “What do you say about anyone like that [an arsonist]? There’s no words to describe it, other than it’s mass murder.

The video below shows more footage from BBC World News service, showing actual people who have suffered under this national disaster.